HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 758ORDINANCE NO. 758
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS
2.48.040, 2.48.060, 2.48.070, 2.48.090 AND
2.48.110, AND ADDING SECTIONS 2.48.075 AND
2.48.095 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RELIEF.
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert ("City") has adopted a
Disaster Relief Ordinance ("Ordinance") codified at Chapter 2.48 of
the Palm Desert Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance is based upon and implements the
California Emergency Services Act ("Act") which is found at
Government Code Section 8550 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, in 1992 the Legislature added to the Act Government
Code Section 8607 which instructs the State Office of Emergency
Services in coordination with State agencies and interested local
agencies to jointly establish by regulation a standardized
emergency management system ("SEMS") for use by all emergency
response agencies; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 8607(e) each
local agency must use the SEMS by December 1, 1996 in order to be
eligible for any funding of response -related costs under disaster
assistance programs; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that several sections of the
Ordinance should be repealed and that several sections of the
Ordinance should be added to reflect changes in State law and
regulations and to provide for the efficient conduct of City
business in the case of an emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2.48.040 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code
is amended to read as follows:
112.48.040 Disaster Council - Membership.
The city disaster council consists of the
following persons:
A. Mayor, who shall be its chairman;
B. Mayor pro-tempore, who shall be its vice
chairman;
C. Remaining city councilmembers;
D. The city manager, who shall be secretary."
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Section 2. Section 2.48.060 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code
is amended to read as follows:
112.48.060 Functions of County Office.
The County of Riverside will make up the
operational area for the coordination of
emergency activities and to serve as a link in
the communications system between the state's
emergency operation centers and the local
operation centers. The city shall participate
in the organization and functioning of the
operational area under the direction of the
county as lead agency."
Section 3. Section 2.48.070 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code
is amended to read as follows:
1-2.48.070 City Office of Emergency Services.
The city office of emergency services
shall prepare plans and provide emergency
management coordination of the city's
emergency plan for all city departments and
contract agencies to the city. The office of
emergency services shall be under the
direction of the city's emergency services
coordinator."
Section 4. Section 2.28.090 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code
is amended to read as follows:
112.48.090 Declaration of Local Emergency.
A. A local emergency may be declared
for good and sufficient reason by the council,
or if the council is not in session, by:
1. City manager;
2. Emergency services coordinator;
3. A s s i s t a n t c i t y
manager/redevelopment;
4. Assistant city manager/public works;
5. Assistance city manager/director of
community development;
6. Assistant city manager/economic
development.
B. Whenever a local emergency is
proclaimed by other than the council, the
council shall take action to ratify the
proclamation within seven days thereafter or
the proclamation shall have no further force
or effect."
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Section 5. Section 2.48.110 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code
is amended to read as follows:
"2.48.110 City Manager Duties.
The city manager shall be emergency corps
commander. In the absence or inability of the
city manager to act, he shall automatically be
succeeded as emergency corps commander by any
of the following officials in the order named:
A. Emergency services coordinator;
B. A s s i s t a n t c i t y
manager/redevelopment;
C. Assistant city manager/public works;
D. Assistant city manager/community
development;
E. Assistant city manager/economic
development."
Section 6. Section 2.48.075 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code
is added to read as follows:
"2.48.075 Standardized Emergency Management
s em.
In accordance with Government Code
Section 8607, the city shall utilize the
standardized emergency management system, as
established by the state office of emergency
services, to coordinate multiple agency
operations."
Section 7.1 Section 2.48.095 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code
is added to read as follows:
112.48.095 Standby Officers.
To provide for the continuance of the
legislative and executive departments of the
city during an emergency, the city council
shall by resolution appoint the following
standby officers:
A. Three for each member of the city
council;
B. Three for the city manager.
The city council shall make such appointments
in accordance with state law.
The city council shall also provide for
the succession of department heads having
duties in the maintenance of law and order or
in the furnishing of public services relating
to health and safety.. 11
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Section 8. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published
once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general circulation,
printed, published, and circulated within the City of Palm Desert,
and the same shall be in force and effect thirty (30) days after
its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 8th day of September, 1994,
by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, BELLY, SNYDER, WILSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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SHEILA R. GILLIGAN,,C ty Clerk
City of Palm Desert, California
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